Gene Lantz

Gene Lantz from Dallas, Texas, is a long-time activist and trade unionist.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Gene Lantz

Labor

Interview: Sheria Smith, leader in the fight to save the Education Department
March 26, 2025 By Gene Lantz
The president of AFGE Local 252 in Dallas has been propelled into the national spotlight as the face of labor’s fightback against the destruction of public education.
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Labor

Dallas Labor revs up fight against DOGE with demonstrations
February 24, 2025 By Gene Lantz
A central theme is the demand for a cessation of the illegal cuts and firings.
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Politics

Labor contingent brings Dr. King’s radical spirit to the Dallas MLK Parade
January 23, 2025 By Gene Lantz And Stu Becker
The march displayed the unity involving both civil rights and labor movements.
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Labor

Dallas City Council: ‘Union-busting has no place in our city!’
October 25, 2024 By Gene Lantz
City pulls funding from theater that fired dancers who join the union.
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Labor

Dallas Black Dance Theatre fires union dancers, brings in scab labor
August 26, 2024 By Stu Becker And Gene Lantz
With strong labor and community support, the fired dancers are fighting back.
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Labor

Led by Alliance for Retired Americans, Dallas workers push issues ahead of elections
June 27, 2024 By Gene Lantz
Expect more to come in the months ahead.
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U.S.

August 1, 1917: The murder of Frank Little
August 1, 2018 By Gene Lantz
Within a month of Frank Little’s 1917 lynching at the hands of the copper bosses of Montana, the U.S. government launched the fiercest attack against the working class in our history.
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Culture

New film “Suburbicon” actually can be enjoyed!
November 10, 2017 By Gene Lantz
Suburbicon has elements that could be compared to some really great movies such as Night of the Hunter, Raisin in the Sun, and Pleasantville.
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